BLMP Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/category/blmp/ Making Authentic Lives Possible Wed, 10 Jul 2024 17:05:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://transgenderlawcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/cropped-favicon-32x32.png BLMP Archives - Transgender Law Center https://transgenderlawcenter.org/category/blmp/ 32 32 25+ Trans Women Previously Detained by ICE, Trans and Queer Immigrant Activists Hold Service and Procession to Call on President Biden to End Trans Detention https://transgenderlawcenter.org/25-trans-women-previously-detained-by-ice-trans-and-queer-immigrant-activists-hold-service-and-procession-to-call-on-president-biden-to-end-trans-detention/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/25-trans-women-previously-detained-by-ice-trans-and-queer-immigrant-activists-hold-service-and-procession-to-call-on-president-biden-to-end-trans-detention/#respond Wed, 23 Jun 2021 14:46:21 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=16481 ‘No Pride In Detention’ Will Echo the Streets in front of the White House this Pride Month Washington, DC– Today, Wednesday, June 23, trans and queer leaders from across the country with the #EndTransDetention Campaign are in Washington D.C. to tell President Biden and DHS Secretary Mayorkas to end the detention of trans people by […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/25-trans-women-previously-detained-by-ice-trans-and-queer-immigrant-activists-hold-service-and-procession-to-call-on-president-biden-to-end-trans-detention/feed/ 0 TLC, Ballard Spahr, & Rapid Defense Network Announce Class Action Lawsuit to Free All Transgender People in ICE Custody https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-ballard-spahr-rapid-defense-network-announce-class-action-lawsuit-to-free-all-transgender-people-in-ice-custody/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-ballard-spahr-rapid-defense-network-announce-class-action-lawsuit-to-free-all-transgender-people-in-ice-custody/#respond Thu, 23 Apr 2020 17:38:56 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=15791 The crisis of COVID-19 exacerbates already dangerous and inhumane conditions in ICE detention facilities Today the Transgender Law Center (TLC), Ballard Spahr LLP, and the Rapid Defense Network filed a complaint demanding the release of all transgender people in civil immigration detention. This action must be immediately taken so transgender detainees, a population that has […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-ballard-spahr-rapid-defense-network-announce-class-action-lawsuit-to-free-all-transgender-people-in-ice-custody/feed/ 0 LGBTQ and Immigrant Rights Organizations Demand ICE Release All People Currently Detained & Shut Down All Detention Centers in Light of Global Health Crisis https://transgenderlawcenter.org/lgbtq-and-immigrant-rights-organizations-demand-ice-release-all-people-currently-detained-shut-down-all-detention-centers-in-light-of-global-health-crisis/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/lgbtq-and-immigrant-rights-organizations-demand-ice-release-all-people-currently-detained-shut-down-all-detention-centers-in-light-of-global-health-crisis/#respond Tue, 17 Mar 2020 15:51:07 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=15728 National — The Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP), Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI), Familia: Trans Queer Liberation Movement, and Transgender Law Center call on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to release all people currently detained and for the Department of Homeland Security to shut down all immigration prisons (referred to by others as detention […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/lgbtq-and-immigrant-rights-organizations-demand-ice-release-all-people-currently-detained-shut-down-all-detention-centers-in-light-of-global-health-crisis/feed/ 0 Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project: As Trump’s racist attacks continue, we must uplift and center Black migrants https://transgenderlawcenter.org/black-lgbtqia-migrant-project-as-trumps-racist-attacks-continue-we-must-uplift-and-center-black-migrants/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/black-lgbtqia-migrant-project-as-trumps-racist-attacks-continue-we-must-uplift-and-center-black-migrants/#respond Fri, 31 Jan 2020 21:38:27 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=15593 Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP) and Transgender Law Center condemn the expansion of the travel ban which targets Muslim majority countries, and now includes four African nations: Nigeria, Sudan, Tanzania, and Eritrea.  This anti-Black, anti-Muslim, xenophobic expansion comes in the wake of a Supreme Court ruling that allowed implementation of Trump’s race-motivated wealth test known […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/black-lgbtqia-migrant-project-as-trumps-racist-attacks-continue-we-must-uplift-and-center-black-migrants/feed/ 0 CoreCivic May Have Illegally Destroyed Video of Roxsana’s Last Days https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-mourns-death-of-johana-medina-in-ice-custody-continues-fight-for-trans-migrant-justice-3-2-2-2-2-2/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-mourns-death-of-johana-medina-in-ice-custody-continues-fight-for-trans-migrant-justice-3-2-2-2-2-2/#respond Wed, 23 Oct 2019 18:36:27 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14803 Newly released records reveal CBP and ICE’s failure to provide Roxsana Hernandez with necessary medical care  Today Transgender Law Center (TLC) and the Law Office of R. Andrew Free released to the public documents received from Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) that provide disturbing details about Roxsana Hernandez’s final days in Customs and Border Protection […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-mourns-death-of-johana-medina-in-ice-custody-continues-fight-for-trans-migrant-justice-3-2-2-2-2-2/feed/ 0 Center for Constitutional Rights and Transgender Law Center Raise Up Legacy of Transgender Resistance and Resilience in Wake of Historic Supreme Court Arguments https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-mourns-death-of-johana-medina-in-ice-custody-continues-fight-for-trans-migrant-justice-3-2-2-2-2/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-mourns-death-of-johana-medina-in-ice-custody-continues-fight-for-trans-migrant-justice-3-2-2-2-2/#respond Tue, 08 Oct 2019 17:50:15 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14774 Read the stories of transgender people who have faced discrimination in the workplace. Today, the Center for Constitutional Rights and Transgender Law Center joined dozens of LGBTQ and civil rights organizations on the steps of the Supreme Court to show that LGBTQ people in the workplace deserve to live freely and authentically without fear of […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-mourns-death-of-johana-medina-in-ice-custody-continues-fight-for-trans-migrant-justice-3-2-2-2-2/feed/ 0 LGBTQ, Civil Rights and Immigration Justice Organizations Call for Release of LGBTQ, PLWHIV Currently in Immigration Prisons https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-mourns-death-of-johana-medina-in-ice-custody-continues-fight-for-trans-migrant-justice-3-2-2-2/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-mourns-death-of-johana-medina-in-ice-custody-continues-fight-for-trans-migrant-justice-3-2-2-2/#respond Wed, 25 Sep 2019 18:37:10 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14743 Complaint submitted to Department of Homeland Security details horrifying abuse of 19 individuals at eight immigrant prisons around the United States Read the updated complaint here. ***Update as of 10/15/19: The complaint was amended to reflect that an additional 46 organizations signed on.*** Today, Transgender Law Center (TLC), Black LGBTQIA+ Migrant Project (BLMP), Center for […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/tlc-mourns-death-of-johana-medina-in-ice-custody-continues-fight-for-trans-migrant-justice-3-2-2-2/feed/ 0 Dignity for Detained Immigrants NOW https://transgenderlawcenter.org/dignity-for-detained-immigrants-now/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/dignity-for-detained-immigrants-now/#respond Thu, 23 May 2019 10:55:50 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14548 The post Dignity for Detained Immigrants NOW appeared first on Transgender Law Center.

]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/dignity-for-detained-immigrants-now/feed/ 0 Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project Responds to Trump’s Planned Attack on Birthright Citizenship https://transgenderlawcenter.org/black-lgbtq-migrant-project-responds-to-trumps-planned-attack-on-birthright-citizenship/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/black-lgbtq-migrant-project-responds-to-trumps-planned-attack-on-birthright-citizenship/#respond Tue, 30 Oct 2018 21:45:15 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14392 Join BLMP for a webinar discussing these attacks at 3pm PT/5pm CT/6pm ET on Tuesday, October 30: http://bit.ly/BLMPTRANS (Washington, D.C.) In an interview for Axios on HBO, President Donald Trump announced his plans to end birthright citizenship through an executive order. Progressive legal organizations swiftly responded to the news by promising to challenge these xenophobic attacks […]

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]]> https://transgenderlawcenter.org/black-lgbtq-migrant-project-responds-to-trumps-planned-attack-on-birthright-citizenship/feed/ 0 Black LGBTQ+ Migrant Project (BLMP) Celebrates Release of Nigerian Asylum-Seeker Udoka Nweke from Adelanto Detention Facility https://transgenderlawcenter.org/black-lgbtq-migrant-project-blmp-celebrates-release-of-nigerian-asylum-seeker-udoka-nweke-from-adelanto-detention-facility/ https://transgenderlawcenter.org/black-lgbtq-migrant-project-blmp-celebrates-release-of-nigerian-asylum-seeker-udoka-nweke-from-adelanto-detention-facility/#respond Thu, 27 Sep 2018 21:35:27 +0000 https://translaw.wpengine.com/?p=14369 (Los Angeles) BLMP, a project of Transgender Law Center, celebrated the release of Udoka Nweke, a 29 year-old gay Nigerian migrant, from Adelanto Detention Facility last Friday. Nweke arrived in the United States in December 2016. He presented himself to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at San Ysidro Port of Entry, where he asked […]

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